heroogony
/ˌhi.ɹoʊˈɑ.ɡə.ni/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
1
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The history and genealogy of demigods or heroes, especially the uncompleted history found in portions of Hesiod's Theogony.
Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "[…] the last portion, which is in fact a heroogony, being an account of the heroes born by mortal morthers whose charms had drawn the immortals from Olympus."
- "The Theogony consists of a cosmogony, a theogony proper, and an unfinished heroogony."
- "Whether or not Hesiod added it himself, it should be no surprise that at the end of the Theogony there is a short heroogony (937f)."